AEM Engineer

Job Title: AEM Engineer

Location: Austin TX
Experience Required: 6-10 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Education: Bachelor of Technology () or equivalent

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced AEM Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.5 to design develop and support enterprise-scale customer-facing web platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of AEM core components headless CMS capabilities CI/CD practices and cross-team collaboration in Agile delivery environments.

Prior Apple experience is a strong plus along with experience building high-traffic highly available digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

AEM Development & Engineering

• Design develop and maintain solutions using Adobe AEM 6.5 delivering at least 2 full lifecycle AEM implementations.

• Build and customize AEM templates components dialogs widgets bundles and workflows.

• Develop solutions using Sightly (HTL) Sling Models Touch UI libraries and Adobe Core Components.

• Implement AEM DAM workflows and content authoring best practices.

Headless CMS & Integrations

• Design and implement Headless CMS solutions using AEM Content Fragments.

• Integrate AEM with external systems and enterprise platforms via APIs and services.

Platform & Framework Expertise

• Work extensively with JCR (Java Content Repository APIs) Sling Web Framework and Apache Felix OSGi (R6/R7).

• Apply best practices for scalability performance and security in AEM-based applications.

CI/CD Testing & Deployment

• Support CI/CD pipelines and automated build/test processes using tools such as Jenkins Hudson Maven and Selenium.

• Assist with application deployments and migrations across Dev QA and Production environments.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with QA UX Product and Project Management teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time.

• Ensure adherence to coding standards performance benchmarks and delivery timelines.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in AEM development with strong Web Content Management expertise.

• Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience with Adobe AEM 6.5.

• Proven experience delivering 2 full-cycle AEM projects.

• Strong experience with AEM components templates workflows DAM and authoring tools.

• Hands-on expertise with HTL (Sightly) Sling Models Touch UI and Adobe Core Components.

• Experience with Headless CMS and AEM Content Fragments.

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

• Experience integrating AEM with other enterprise systems.

• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Prior Apple project or enterprise experience.

• Experience developing high-availability high-traffic customer-facing websites.

• Exposure to other CMS platforms beyond AEM.

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset

• Attention to detail and commitment to quality

• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional Agile teams

• Ownership of delivery timelines and solution quality

Technical Skills

Adobe AEM 6.5 HTL (Sightly) Sling Models OSGi JCR DAM Workflows Content Fragments Headless CMS Jenkins Maven Selenium CI/CD